Ama Dablam | 2007 NE Ridge/Face-N Ridge

A S Korea expedition to Ama Dablam in 2007 via NE Ridge/Face-N Ridge, led by Cho You-Dong. Summit reached on 16th November 2007. 10 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field Value
ID 5823
Imported 2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID AMAD07311
Peak ID AMAD
Year 2007
Season 3
Host Country 1
Route 1 NE Ridge/Face-N Ridge
Route 2 -
Route 3 -
Route 4 -
Nationality S Korea
Leaders Cho You-Dong
Sponsor 2007 Corean Alpine Club (CAC) Ama Dablam East Face Expedition
Success 1 False
Success 2 False
Success 3 False
Success 4 False
Ascent 1 -
Ascent 2 -
Ascent 3 -
Ascent 4 -
Claimed False
Disputed False
Countries -
Approach Dingboche->Bibra & Ama Dablam Glacier
Basecamp Date 2007-10-26
Summit Date 2007-11-16
Summit Time 6400
Summit Days 21
Total Days 24
Termination Date 2007-11-19
Termination Reason 10
Termination Notes Abandoned at 6400m due to steep rock
High Point (m) 6400
Traverse False
Ski False
Paraglide False
Camps 2
Fixed Rope (m) 1000
Total Members 10
Summit Members 0
Member Deaths 0
Total Hired 0
Summit Hired 0
Hired Deaths 0
No Hired True
O2 Used False
O2 None True
O2 Climb False
O2 Descent False
O2 Sleep False
O2 Medical False
O2 Taken False
O2 Unknown False
Other Summits -
Campsites BC(26/10,5000m),ABC(29/10,5200m),C1(04/11,5700m),C2(08/11,6100m),xxx(16/11,6400m)
Route Notes BC at Ama Dablam Glacier ABC at bottom of NE Ridge's face C1 on NE Ridge's face C2 on NE Ridge High point at NE Face-NE Ridge junction. 2007 CAC Ama Dablam East Face Expedition led by Cho You-Dong - 22 Nov 2007 The expedition climbed mostly on the NE Ridge, although they did move a short distance to the left over onto the NE Face high on the mountain before returning to the ridge at their high point of 6400m. Their BC was pitched on the Ama Dablam Glacier below the ridge near the point where the ridge, which at its lowest (northern) end had been running due north, now reached an elbow and ran northeast. The camp was placed at 5000m on 26 October. On 29 October, ABC was placed at 5200m at the bottom of the ridge's east face, and C1 on this face (of the NE Ridge) on 4 November. On 8 November C2 was pitched on the ridge at 6100m. On 9 November, the first attempt was made to go for the summit from C2. Cho Dong-Yol and Deputy Leader Park got only to 6200m on the NE Face, then turned back because they found it to be a very steep rock face. The second and last summit attempt was launched on 16 November by three members this time, Cha, Jang and Kim, from C2. They moved up the face to join the leftward slanting NE Ridge at 6400m, and here they stopped. They had been struggling with the very steep (80 degrees) loose rock. They had come to the mountain expection snow and ice; there was too much exposed rock for them. The trio retreated to C2 and the climb was finished. Loose rock often came falling down the mountain in huge chunks as big as an office desk (there was also some falling ice and snow). One very big rock very nearly hit Cha -- it did hit his rope and almost severed it. None of the helmet-wearing members was hurt during the climb. The team fixed 800m of rope from C1 to C2 and another 200m from C2 to their 6400m high point. Two members had to leave the expedition to go back to work in Korea. Shin and Yang left on 10 November.
Accidents -
Achievement -
Agency Universal Trekking Network
Commercial Route False
Standard Route False
Primary Route False
Primary Member False
Primary Reference False
Primary ID -
Checksum 2459038
Year 2007
Summit Success False
O2 Summary None
Route (lowercase) ne ridge/face-n ridge

Members

10 recorded members.

Name Sex Year of Birth Citizenship Status Residence Occupation
Keong-Reol Cha M 1982 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
You-Dong Cho M 1963 S Korea Leader Seoul, S Korea Carpenter Details Other expeditions
Dong-Youl Choi M 1969 S Korea Climber Yanggu-gun, Gwangwon, S Korea Mechanic Details Other expeditions
Young-Sik Choi M 1965 S Korea Climber Sillim-dong, Gwandak-gu, Seoul, S Korea Photographer Details Other expeditions
Byeong-Uk Jang M 1976 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Student Details Other expeditions
Dong-Gyu Kim M 1972 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Tower crane operator Details Other expeditions
Suk-Hee Park M 1966 S Korea Deputy Leader Seoul, S Korea Forest service officer Details Other expeditions
Dong-Jou Shin M 1962 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Travel agent Details Other expeditions
Jeong-Il Son M 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Laundry service manager Details Other expeditions
Byeong-Ok Yang M 1968 S Korea Climber Seoul, S Korea Restaurant owner Details Other expeditions

References

2 recorded references.

Expedition ID Journal Author Title Publisher Citation Yak 94
AMAD07311 AAJ Lee Young-Jun - - 82:406-407 (2008) -
AMAD07311 - - http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200840600/Asia-Nepal-Upper-Dolpo-Mahalangur-HimalKhumbu-Section-Ama-Dablam-Northeast-Face-to-North-Ridge-New-Route-Attempt - - -